Predictors of quitting smoking: The NHANES I followup experience
| Autor: | Gayle M. Boyd, Margaret E. Mattson, William P. McWhorter |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiology medicine.medical_treatment Population Smoking Prevention Sex Factors Predictive Value of Tests Recurrence Residence Characteristics Environmental health Prevalence Humans Medicine Prospective Studies education Prospective cohort study Aged education.field_of_study business.industry Public health Racial Groups Smoking Age Factors Middle Aged United States Hospitalization Cohort Income Household income Smoking cessation Female Residence Cues business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 43:1399-1405 |
| ISSN: | 0895-4356 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0895-4356(90)90108-2 |
| Popis: | There are no published prospective studies on the predictors of spontaneously quitting cigarette smoking in a nationally-representative U.S. population. This paper describes such a study, using a cohort taken from the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I, 1971–1975) and traced by the NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Survey (1982–1984). “Successful” quitting (for at least 1 year at time of followup) was ascertained among 4779 adults (age 25–74 years) who were smokers at the time of NHANES I and not disabled at followup. Independent predictors of quitting (by proportional hazards multiple regression) were: (1) older age; (2) White race; (3) fewer cigarettes smoked/day; (4) higher household income; and (5) hospitalization in the followup period. Predictors of relapse (ex-smokers at NHANES I who were smoking again at time of followup) were: (1) younger age; (2) urban residence; and (3) female gender. These findings have implications for intervention strategies, public health projections and further research. |
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